To add to the frustration of a NPB the item is held up for four days and misses out on what was left of the 3 free relists and sits there waiting for the monthly freebies or the promotions.
Before I get wrapped over the knuckles by the " Promo's and free monthly listings are a gift gang"
I'm ever so grateful for those gifts, I would be happy to pay a fee for a relist if sales are flying out the door but sadly they are not
Perhaps the NPB could be fined a fee to cover the cost of relisting that item.
casbit said. Wouldn't it be good if the ebay selling system worked like this. if a person bids or buys an item and hasn't paid within 3 or 4 days, the item is automatically cancelled and relisted, or sold to the 2nd highest bidder. All without the seller having to do anything or incur a defect or relisting fee. The non payer is banned for a week or even a month unless they can prove it was unavoidable for not paying - a hospital stay or something like that.
It would keep buyers paying on time, and the serial non-payers would find themselves out in the cold.
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Wouldn't it be good if the ebay selling system worked like this. if a person bids or buys an item and hasn't paid within 3 or 4 days, the item is automatically cancelled.....
This could work as an opt in system, but sellers would have to be careful with sales from bank deposit customers.
For a lot of sellers though it would be a boon if ebay automatically cancelled a sale and refunded fees after 4 days.
I can't see it happening though. Call me cynical, but I think ebay makes a pile of money from sellers who probably never get around to claiming fees back when sales fall through. They won't want to change that.
and relisted....
No, I don't think that would be helpful. Not all sellers might be available 4 days later, it might not suit them & then they would have to go in and cancel listings.
.....or sold to the 2nd highest bidder
No, no no!!! Absolutely not!! No! (have I said that
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That is totally unreasonable. What you would be doing is taking the present frustrations of sellers and the delays they have when a bad bidder refuses to pay, and popping them instead on the heads of innocent buyers.
Look at it from my point of view as a buyer. I might bid on something I want. I might not be desperate for it but I might be sort of hoping to have it within a week or so. So.. maybe I watch an auction, put in a bid on the final day or few hours but I am outbid and lose the auction.
In my opinion, that should be the end of the matter.
As a customer, I should be free to move right onto another auction for a similar product that perhaps is ending soon.
Why should there be any expectation that I will have to wait 4 days to find out if the winning bidder pays or not? That's not my concern & it shouldn't be.
By all means, offer other bidders a second chance offer. No worries there. I have sometimes bought things that way.
But don't mandate it that I have to.
The main problem is you would send buyers away in droves, a lot of customers have trouble understanding a bid is binding, how much worse would it be if you tried to explain a bid lasted for 4 days after someone else won?
No, keep it simple.
---. The non payer is banned for a week or even a month
Yes, I would like to see that. Auto ban for a month for non paying bidders. Can't see it happening though.
My feeling is more and more sellers will go down the path of buy it now/instant payment required. Like other websites.
